The afternoon finale of a three-game series in Texas against the Rangers saw the Tigers win 5-3, and win the series two games to one. Gregory Soto came on with the bases loaded in the eighth and no one out, and got the six-out save to complete the game.
Casey Mize, whose last trip to the mound was abbreviated with an eye to limiting his innings this year, started for Detroit, and the plan was for another short outing for his last planned start before the All-Star Break. Coming into today’s start, from April 29 through July 2, he’d made 12 starts and averaged 5.